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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-10-23, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1969 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Consumers'" a N.Z., .01 news and views• r• .,. ,.1,. by «., Consumers' Association of Canada °O -i Do you buy on credit? There was a time when that question would have been con- sidered an impertinence but not so today. Credit buying has be- come an accepted part of our way of life. It enables people to have and use things they need while still paying for them. Used wisely, it can be helpful. Yes, credit is a convenience. But used unwisely it can lead to real problems. No matter how easy the terms, Consumer's Ass- ociation of Canada suggest you keep in mind that credit costs money. So don't get carried away and buy things on impulse just because no down payment is required or because the payments are small. Remember you will have to pay the full price in the end plus the cost of credit which is higher when no down paynient is made or the payments are stretched over a longer period of time to keep them low. Before you borrow, ask youself what the cost of your loan will do to your budget. Think it over before you sign. Look at the to- tal cost (purchase price plus finance charges) of the article and take into consideration -- will it save you money or just cost you more in the long run? Some things, like a refrigerator or a washing machine can mean savings, while the purchase of a car involves many other ex- penses to maintain and run it in addition to the original purchase price. Take your time consider- ing a deal, because you'll be taking lots of time to pay for it. You should shop for credit as carefully as you shop for goods. If you can get credit on reason- able terms-- terms that you fully understand and can meet out of your income, well and good. But if you accept credit terms with excessive interest charges, hidden service charges and other extras, too many "easy credit terms" purchases can empty your pockets a lot quicker than you can fill them. Remember, the ancient slogan, "caviat emptor" which means "buyer beware", applies part- icularly well to credit purchases. You may wonder how to know when you are being charged a reasonable rate for credit. As a matter of fact, very few con- sumers do know. Comparatively few people know how to com- pute interest rates or how to find out just how much -of their mon- thly payments is for interest and how much of their monthly pay- ments is going towards reducing the debt. 0 About Peop!e You Know .. Terry Thiel, scn of Ivir. and Mrs. Bob Thiel, Zurich is a patient in South Huron Iospital. Mrs. Albert Wushke, and sons, Mark and Jeff of Wapella, Sask. are holidaying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel and other relatives. Mabel and Frank McClinchey of Zurich enjoyed a pleasant visit with cousins in Pilot, Mound Manitoba, Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson, Mrs. Emma Cockerline and son Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Manning and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spearman and family and Mrs. Alice Armstrong Mrs. Clare Geiger is a patient is1 St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Now that you have the new telephone directory It's easy for you to bring your own personal directory up to date You can do this by checking your personal list of numbers against the correct listings in the Directory. And don't forget to check and up -date those all-important EMERGENCY numbers. If you need a Personal Directory let us know. Just phone 1-271-3911. No toll Charge we'll send you a FREE copy P.S.—DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE is the new name for INFORMATION. Bell Canada Built, managed and owned by Canadians. FOODS AND CONSEQUENCES (13y Maureen iluber) As we said a while back, when it conies to vitamins and min- erals in nutrition, what you don't know certainly CAN hurt you. A well-known example is an iodine deficiency, causing what is com- monly known as "goitre trouble", Unfortunately, it doesn't end here. For you may get enough to stay clear of the above prob- lem, without getting enough to provide a sufficient supply to the thyroid gland for the product- ion ofyenoug-h thyroxin, a mat- erial needed to prevent mental and physical "slowness" Everyone knows that iodine comes from iodized salt, of course. But what of the people on salt free diets? In addition to this, most of us use too much salt, anyhow. The first thing we think of as being caused by over -consump- tion of salt is fluid retention in the tissues, producing flabiness and overweight. Healthy kidneys can eliminate the excess salt -- diseased kidneys in most cases cannot do so. Less well-known is the fact that salt irritates and over- works the kidneys. Also, it produces over acidity in the digestive tract. To cut down salt consumption to an amount of the weight of a ;dime daily for an adult, is to cut 'down on the quantity of iodine obtained. But that is about how much salt your body needs. And it's especially not worth over- .eating on salt to get the iodine 'we need, when we stop to think 'that the iodine thus obtained is a chemical substance, artificiall) added to rock salt., Then where do we ';;o for iodine` :Provided they are grown on Io- dine - rich soil, the following will provide some iodine: aspar- agus, brussel sprout, carrots, garlic, green grapes, chard, Bertlett pears, potato skins, white onions, broccoli, lettuce, kale, red and savoy cabbage, straw- berries, tomatoes, and water- cress. But remember, the iodine won't be there if it isn't in the soil on which they are grown. And even if it is there, you won- 't get enough from this source, because we lust don't eat enough of these things to do so. The really best sources of iodine of course, comes from the ocean They include ocean fish, sea - salt, as opposed to rock salt, and plants grown in the ocean and in sea -shore soils. The ocean plants, more commonly PAGE SEVEN called sea -weeds, are harvest- ed, dried, and can be bought in tablet form. Taking such sup- plement daily is the only way I know of to obtain sufficient iodine to stay healthy and active ' without consuming too much iodized salt for your own good. Remember, the iodine in table salt does not occur there nat- urally --it is added, and there- fore can surely be obtained from other sources, as well as salt. Iodine in the form of potassium iodine is far inferior nutrition- ally to the ocean sources, such as kelp tablets, which can be bought in any health foods store, at a reasonable price. Then there are the trace min- erals-- dozens of them-- eagh of which has a function to per- ' form in your body. These, along with the vitamins are referred to as micro -nutrients, because of the microscopic amounts of them present in the body. For instance, the amount of some of these nutrients that your body requires for a whole year would :est quite comfortably on the head of a straight pin I But that does not mean that we can get along without them, any more than a four thousand pound car can get along without spark plugs. pi PRICES GOOD FROM NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 31 CHEST FREEZERS More Room Inside in Less Floor Space! 1 7 9 9 5 Priced as IoW as with trade 24" Range LIST PRICE 1 �.9 5 199.95 with trade REFRIGERATORS as low as $189.95 BEATTY SPINNER only $189.95 Washer & Dryer zroNL4559.95 GINGERICH'S L TD. Clinton ZURICH Seaforth